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Identification and characterization of twenty-seven short interspersed elements from three cetaceans

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Financial support was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to GY (grant no. 30830016), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral programme of Higher Education (grant no. 20103207120020), the Priority Academic programme Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions to GY, and the Scientific Research Foundation of HNNU to ZC (grant no. 01046500138).

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    ZHUO CHEN

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[Chen Z. and Yang G. 2014 Identification and characterization of 27 short interspersed elements from three cetaceans. J. Genet. 93, e56–e61. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/OnlineResources/93/e56.pdf]

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CHEN, Z., YANG, G. Identification and characterization of twenty-seven short interspersed elements from three cetaceans. J Genet 94 (Suppl 1), 56–61 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0367-y

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